Essays on Technical Education

Business and Industry Certification

Business and Industry Certification Education is a cornerstone of the intense and successful development of the world economy. In fact, almost two-thirds of all occupations available on the market require postsecondary education or training. The college graduates’ average earnings are about twice as high as that of the employees with only high school diplomas, what makes postsecondary education and training the fastest pathways into the future prosperity and successfully-built career. Thus, the postsecondary education and training should be more accessible for young people and adults in order to earn a business or industry certification and postsecondary certificate or degree ( ...

The Future of Higher Education in U.S.A Vocational education and training in the USA represent the product of an extension of the evolutionary progression. The economic, educational, and social aspects have on many occasions been exerting pressure and influencing on how vocational education is defined, as well as defining when, where, how and to whom this education should be provided. One can define vocational education that teaches students to be practical with attempts of equipping them job or career skill instruction. In this regard, various components are subject to the classification under the umbrella of vocational education. These components ...

Booker T. Washington and W.E.B du Bois

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Booker T. Washington and W.E.B Du Bois are two great leaders of the African-American during the late 19th and early 20th century. While both came into prominence in almost the same time frame, and had wanted economic and social progress for the black Americans, Washington and Du Bois differ in their opinion and strategies about achieving such cause. As a son of a slave mother, Washington knew of the difficulties faced by the blacks. He worked his way in uplifting himself by self education and took the opportunity afforded by the Emancipation ...

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Work ethics among Japanese youngsters are on the decline thanks to a long time obsession with entrance exams, insufficient career planning and excessive meddling from their parents resulting in them taking up part time jobs until they find suitable career options. Japanese Corporations are trying to steer clear of the long term obsession with top universities and entrance exams by tweaking their selection procedures to be independent of these factors. Youngsters in Canada and United States too are looking at short term and part time careers before taking up long term job options. Educators are now stressing on the need ...

The Career and Technical Education or CTE covers variety of subject areas that are designed for the students to prepare them for lifetime careers; the courses are formerly referred to as occupational education. The current documents and regulations of the State Education Department legislative language use all the CTE terminologies. However, the federal legislation and documents continue to position this curriculum as a vocational education. The Commissioner Regulations defined CTE as a kindergarten throughout adult area of study including precise academic contents that closely aligned in career and technical subjects. In grades nine to twelve, Career and Technical Education consists of ...

1. Information gathering.

This comes as an unexpected fact that faces the economy of various countries. Having in mind the expanding high unemployment levels, but on the same note, industry watchers, private companies and government employers in harmony say they need to get workers with the required proper skills. Some employers are now worried on how they shall find, train and even keep them in their workplace.

A clear example can be in the motor vehicle industry where the industries have to send their new qualified employees to the welding class. The root of all this as experienced in some countries and ...

In fourth June 1946, a period when Juan Domingo Peron became president of Argentina, many wishes of the people were fulfilled in education taking the central stage. His ideas and the changes that happened in his era came to be known as Peronism. The people of Argentina had gone through a series of hardships such as a coup d’états that took place in the year of 1943. The coups brought new regimes that had different goals compared to the previous rule (Rein, 4). The new government wanted to implement changes in the economic and social structures of the country. The Peronist ...

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The culture of the United States has all the qualities of a traditional country in the fields of arts and science, language, religion, and foods. American culture has its influences all over the world. The United States is enriched with different cultures and traditions, i.e. Native Americans, Africans, Asians, and the Latin Americans. No official language is present in the United States. Round about 30 to 50, types of English languages have become the official languages in all the States of America . There is free choice of religious practices in the United States. All types of people live there, ...

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In today’s modern society, life after graduation is certainly one of the greatest puzzles of life. Because of the extreme job competition, many underprivileged students who were not able to continue their education up to college may end up looking for a job as their primary source of income. There are companies who offer jobs that specialize in operating heavy machinery and doing jobs which are related in everyday living such as cooks, computer technician, carpentry, artisans and many more. There are also high school students who work part time in order to earn money for their education by ...

During the past years the government of the Saudi Arabia has proved by its actions that education plays essential role for the country. Today everyone can see that the government makes attempts to develop education and raise it to the standards of European countries. Changes, which are witnessed in educational system of the Saudi Arabia, can be explained by the fact that the government understands the bond between qualitative education and the future of the country. The beginning of modern education in Saudi Arabia is associated with the establishment of the Ministry of Education. This event took place ...

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Technical education in California offers a sequence of programs which combine basic academic knowledge and professional knowledge to enable students get careers after secondary education. The department that is responsible for this program is the career technical Education department. The state education board uses the funds derived from the Perkins act to fund the courses. Perkins funds are available upon application and after satisfying the department of education that the programs are in line with the motives of the fund.

The board uses the funds to finance various activities in the state;

Agriculture The board uses Perkins funds to educate the students on proper agriculture practices. Students who have not had a ...

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The education system in Saudi Arabia is well structured by the government that helps reduce the illiteracy level in the country. This begins from the time when Saudi Arabia became a state in 1932 in which the educational system was limited to a few where they had to go to the Islamic schools. Over the years, education has improved to a point where all students had to go to school from the primary level to secondary level for free. The education system in Saudi Arabia has separated both the men and female in which girls go to the female schools whereas the ...

That alluded to the fact; most jobs require post-secondary education. However, only 33% of the workforce had acquired bachelor’s degree education by the year 2001. So to have a qualified workforce, the Bush government signed the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001 into law in 2002. However, the implementation of this legislation has been marred by a lot of technicalities. The gains of the legislation are far outweighed by the challenges it poses; therefore this paper argues that the No Child Left Behind policies the education system in the wrong direction based on several grounds. The major ...